Freelancer crash - my screen turns off

    Had this as well and it ended up as the refresh rate of my monitor was set to high. I was using 100mzh and had to use 85 to stop the crashes which resulted in the monitor going in to standby. So lower your monitors refresh rate.

    I have the same problem, but it goes back to the desktop when it ´dies.´ It used to do that right at the main menu, but I took out almost all of the saved game files from my documents/my games/freelancer.... Now it works for a while, but when I try to dock at certain places, it goes back to the desktop again. It is quite frustrating.

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Had this as well and it ended up as the refresh rate of my monitor was set to high. I was using 100mzh and had to use 85 to stop the crashes which resulted in the monitor going in to standby. So lower your monitors refresh rate. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> thx but it don´t work for me even tryed to go down to 60Mhz and still the same problem

    I think I have the same problem. system: AMD 1800+ with nvidia geforce4 ti 4200 it crashes back to the desktop, creating the windows send-error pop-up, at the start of every cutscene. It seems that it´s able to view one cutscene (like the intro) but when it has to load another, it crashes. i made it to the bar and even talked to juni, through lots of saving and reloading the entire game, but it seems it won´t get further... maybe it has something to do with the videocard, cause it does run nicely at my sisters pc with a geforce4 MX 440.

    Kbuhln, on your spec sheet, you didn´t list a sound card type, but you might wnat to check and see it your sound card and the video card are sharing the same IRQ´s and memory addresses. Easiest way to check that is that on your desktop, click Start-&gt;Run-&gt;type &quot;msinfo32&quot; (without the quotes)-&gt;click on the + next to Hardware Resources-&gt;IRQs. If it´s not sharing an IRQ, then go to Conflicts/Sharing and check to see that it is not sharing any memory addresses. If this doesn´t help you out, post back here and I´ll keep digging around for more. Zapie, same goes for you on the sound card, because certain sound cards will conflict with the video card you have. I just retired mine because the GPU burned up. I was sharing an IRQ with my SB PCI 512. I´m now running with an Asylum GeForceFX 5200 Ultra and a SB Live 5.1, and I haven´t experienced any problems yet (178 hours of play time!!!!). Hint: Don´t have anything in the PCI port next to the AGP port, because your BIOS will have a tendancy of having those 2 ports share and IRQ and memory addresses together. Trust me, I found out the hard way by burning up my nVidia GeForce Ti 4200 and my SB PCI 512! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> DoomSayer <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....<img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - DoomSayer on 12-06-2003 18:14:52

    }:) :(! DoomSayer :(! }:) Sqd. Ldr. - 107th Ravens }:)....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....}:)

    ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: VIA-lyd (wave) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: PCIVEN_1106&amp;DEV_3058&amp;SUBSYS_00301565&amp;REV_20 Manufacturer ID: 1

    Kbuhln, I figured out what might be causing your problems. Based on what you´ve posted, you have a VIA-powered motherboard with an intergrated AC´97 sound card right? Well, after consulting with my t/s team, we might have a solution for you. You need to identify your motherboard manufacturer. Go to http://www.guru3d.com and download the Sandra 2003 freeware program. Use it to identify the m/b and then goto the m/b manufacturer website and download their latest CMOS/BIOS driver for your m/b. Flash your BIOS which will update the on-board audio codec that the AC´97 uses, then go to http://www.viaarena.com and download the &quot;4-in-1 VIA Hyperion Driver Update&quot;. Contained in this update is the new Win XP drivers to correct the problems with the AC´97 conflicting with the audio codecs used by WinXP. After doing all this, you should be good to go. Reply to this if you´ve got any other questions or problems concerning this issue. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> DoomSayer <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....<img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    }:) :(! DoomSayer :(! }:) Sqd. Ldr. - 107th Ravens }:)....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....}:)

    Ok Kbuhln, give us a bit to pour over the data and we´ll get back to you. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> DoomSayer <img src=smilies/icon_smile_angry.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....<img src=smilies/icon_smile_evil.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    }:) :(! DoomSayer :(! }:) Sqd. Ldr. - 107th Ravens }:)....and there shall come one, one who will speak your doom....}:)

    hi i have the same problem, i have a XP-2400+ on a Asus A7V8X (with AC97...) and a FX5600 Ultra from Leadtek with Win2K Pro and all SP I have already flashed my bios et updated all my drivers, i´ve been trying all the detonators drivers (even 44.10 and 44.65) and i still have that problem it quits in the 1st mission when the convoy is attaqued, and open the send-errorlog window, and my mouse doesn´t respond until i have closed that window or worse, i get a blue screen KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED is this really a problem with all FX cards (mine isn´t recognzed by the game at startup)?? NB: the only conflict/share i see is IRQ21 for all my USB ports, isn´t it normal? Edited by - hypo on 21-06-2003 13:23:33

    OMG! I have the exact same spec as he does except theres a 1.2 Ghz Athlon on it instead! I have the same problem in Freelancer and even in Warcraft. Im gonna try those solutions right now! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I´ve been having this problems since like forever.